Richard Crenna
Born: 1926-11-30 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2003-01-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American motion picture, television, and radio actor and occasional television director. He starred in such motion pictures as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, the first three Rambo movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and The Flamingo Kid. Crenna played "Walter Denton" in the CBS radio and CBS-TV network series Our Miss Brooks, and "Luke McCoy" in ABC's TV comedy series, The Real McCoys, (1957–63), which moved to CBS-TV in September 1962. Crenna was in one of the few TV political dramatic series Slattery's People on CBS. Crenna played "Colonel Trautman" in the first three Rambo movies. He also played "Frank Skimmerhorn" in the critically acclaimed mini-series Centennial.
Filmography
2008
- Rambo as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
- Out of the Ashes as Jake Smith
2002
- Afganistan: Land in Crisis as Self
2001
- By Dawn's Early Light as Ben Maxwell
- The Day Reagan Was Shot as Ronald Reagan
2000
- Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For as Warren Pierce
1999
- Judging Amy as Jared Duff
- To Serve and Protect as Howard Carr
- To Serve and Protect as Howard Carr
1998
- Wrongfully Accused as Fergus Falls
1997
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Professor Aronnax
- Deep Family Secrets as Clay Chadway
- Heart Full of Rain as Arliss Dockett
- Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent as Himself / Narrator
1996
- E! True Hollywood Story
- The Real Las Vegas as Narrator (voice)
- Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as John Porter
1995
- JAG as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
- Sabrina as Patrick Tyson
- Jade as Governor Edwards
- In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy as Luke Constable Sr.
- A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
1994
- Chicago Hope
- Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence as Jonathan Stone
- Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Frank Janek
- The Forget-Me-Not Murders as Frank Janek
1993
- Hot Shots! Part Deux as Col. Denton Walters
- A Place to Be Loved as George Russ
- Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1992
- Terror on Track 9 as Det. Frank Janek
- Intruders as Dr. Neil Chase
1991
- Pros and Cons as Mitch O'Hannon
- And the Sea Will Tell as Vincent Bugliosi
- And the Sea Will Tell
1990
- Montana as Hoyce Guthrie
- Gabriel's Fire
- Murder Times Seven as Frank Janek
- Murder in Black and White as Frank Janek
- Last Flight Out as Dan Hood
1989
- Leviathan as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
- The Case of the Hillside Stranglers as Sgt. Bob Grogan
- Stuck with Each Other as Bert Medwick
- Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition as Narrator
1988
- Rambo III as Trautman
- Internal Affairs as Frank Janek
1987
- Plaza Suite as Roy Hubley
- Police Story: The Freeway Killings as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
- Kids Like These as Bob Goodman
1986
- On Wings of Eagles as H. Ross Perot
- A Case of Deadly Force as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
- The High Price of Passion as Williams Douglas
1985
- Rambo: First Blood Part II as Col. Samuel Trautman
- Summer Rental as Al Pellet
- The Rape of Richard Beck as Richard Beck
- Doubletake as Frank Janek
1984
- Passions as Richard Kennerly
- The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody
- Squaring the Circle as The Narrator
1983
- Table for Five as Mitchell
- Allison Sydney Harrison ... (Director)
1982
- First Blood as Col. Samuel Trautman
- It Takes Two
- The Day the Bubble Burst as Jesse Livermore
- The Magic Statue ... (Director)
1981
- Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone
- Body Heat as Edmund Walker
- Musical Comedy Tonight II as Self
- The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Mason Rose
1980
- Death Ship as Trevor Marshall
- Joshua's World as Dr. Joshua Torrance
- Fugitive Family as Brian Roberts
1979
- Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure as William Brewster
- Better Late Than Never ... (Director)
- Wild Horse Hank as Pace Bradford
- Turnabout ... (Director)
- Stone Cold Dead as Sgt. Boyd
1978
- Centennial as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
- The Evil as C.J. Arnold
- A Fire in the Sky as Jason Voight
- Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell as Mike Barry
- First, You Cry as David Towers
- Grandpa Goes to Washington ... (Director)
1977
- Lou Grant ... (Director)
- James at 16 ... (Director)
- Rosetti and Ryan ... (Director)
- The War Between the Tates as Professor Brian Tate
1976
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Breakheart Pass as Gov. Richard Fairchild
- A Girl Named Sooner as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
1974
- The Rockford Files ... (Director)
- Double Solitaire as Charley Potter
- Nightmare as Howard Faloon
- Shootout in a One-Dog Town as Zack Wells
- Honky Tonk as Candy Johnson
1973
- Double Indemnity as Walter Neff
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Father (voice)
- The Man Called Noon as Noon
1971
- Catlow as Cowan
- Thief as Neal Wilkinson
- Red Sky at Morning as Frank Arnold
- Doctors' Wives as Pete Brennan
1970
- The Deserter as Major Wade Brown
1968
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- Star! as Richard Aldrich
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
- Wait Until Dark as Mike Talman
1966
- The Sand Pebbles as Captain Collins
- Made in Paris as Herb Stone
- Summer Fun ... (Director)
1965
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as John Goldfarb
1964
- Wendy and Me ... (Director)
- Slattery's People as James Slattery
- No Time for Sergeants ... (Director)
1963
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Edward Smalley
- Vacation Playhouse ... (Director)
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show ... (Director)
1959
- Disneyland '59 as Self
1957
- The Real McCoys as Luke McCoy
1956
- Over-Exposed as Russell Bassett
- Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
1955
- Cheyenne
- Matinee Theater
- The Millionaire as Ralph McKnight
- Frontier
1952
- Today as Himself - Actor
- Red Skies of Montana as Noxon (uncredited)
- It Grows on Trees as Ralph Bowen
- Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
- The Pride of St. Louis as Paul Dean
1951
- I Love Lucy as Arthur Morton
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee